The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in read more

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

All you are is a soul and a voice, everything else is just a tool to help you get through read more

All you are is a soul and a voice, everything else is just a tool to help you get through the day easier.

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.

Life is just part of the big picture.

Life is just part of the big picture.

Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.
[It., Spesso e da forte,
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Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.
[It., Spesso e da forte,
Piu che il morire, il vivere.]

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if read more

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

They live that they may eat, but he himself [Socrates] eats that
he may live.

They live that they may eat, but he himself [Socrates] eats that
he may live.

You've got to keep fighting -- you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

You've got to keep fighting -- you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.